Part 2

Author's note: Now we see Miyabi enter the scene. Huh? Miyabi? Hehe... Just thought I'd add a little more to the kanzaki-kikuchi affair. Oh and you're going to find out what really happened a year ago between kanzaki and kikuchi. What the picture is all about etc.

I went out of the classroom and got myself a drink. I looked up at the clear blue sky and sighed.

"Kikuchi..."

I turned around and saw Miyabi standing by the door.

"What do you want?"

"You... You still like Kanzaki don't you?" she looked directly into my eyes. My first impulse was to laugh but she looked so serious. It was very uncomfortable so I had to look away.

"I don't think it's your business Miyabi" I finally said.

"Yeah.. you're right. It's none of my concern. I just thought..." it was her turn to look down.

"You two were a matchmade in heaven! It's a shame that the two of you would end up like this" she shifted her weight.

Urumi and I were good friends. Nothing more. We're a team. So what on Earth is Miyabi talking about?

"We used to talk about how we hated teachers. How they are pompous, little creatures who don't deserve to be respected. You were one of us... what happened Kikuchi?" Miyabi asked.

What happened? Let's see.. betrayal happened. Urumi asked me to make a mock picture of Ms. Fuyuzuki making love with another man. I made her that picture and I trusted her. What I didn't know was that she had another friend take my picture and replaced it with the man that Ms. Fuyuzuki was supposedly set-up with. Of course she got fired for sleeping with a student, but I also had to suffer. I almost got expelled because of that. When I confronted her, all she could say was, "But an ordinary man would be no fun. If a student was the one she was making love to, the impact would be greater. Sorry Kikuchi"

Sorry Kikuchi... Yeah... that was about it.

I looked at Miyabi's expectant face and shrugged. It was no use breaking their friendship. I'm not one to cause such things. Miyabi and Urumi are two femme fatales feared by the whole student body. They had been working hand-in-hand since I had known them.

"Look Miyabi, I appreciate this, really. But no matter what you say, I will never go back to my old ways. I don't want to" I said.

Miyabi was about to say something more but she just clamped her mouth shut. She nodded in disappointment and walked away.

I followed her to the classroom shortly. As I entered, I saw Urumi casting me weird glances and eye contacts. Whatever... don't care.

"Lucky!!!" Murai nudged me.

"Huh?"

"Kanzaki's been eyeing you since she got here! Looks like she's got a thing for you! I'm so jealous!!" Murai slapped me on the back... hard.

I looked over at Urumi.

Nah...

"I have an important announcement. In replacement of Ms. Fuyuzuki, we hired Mr. Taoka to be your social science teacher for the rest of the year. Please be acquainted with him" the vice-principal said. Everybody suddenly looked at the doorway.

A tall, well-built man stood there smiling widely. He eyed the class cautiously.

It's hard not to notice how his gaze wavered a bit on Urumi.

The day dragged on. Miyabi was starting to confuse me a lot. She's acting pretty strangely the whole day. What is that girl up to? I decided that ignorance is indeed bliss and prepared my things to go home.

As I was leaving the classroom, I saw the new teacher and Urumi stay behind and talk. I went past them and looked over my shoulder. Urumi glanced at me and winked.

Oh... I get it. She's playing the game again. I'm guessing it would probably be an "I-was-raped" scenario. Much like what she did to Onizuka. But unlike Onizuka, this newbie would probably break down immediately.

I continued walking and found Miyabi standing within the school gates,

"Hey, what're you doing here? Are you waiting for someone?" I asked.

"Well, yeah. Actually I was waiting for you. I need help with something" Miyabi said.

I laughed. She was surprised at my reaction and slapped me on the back. Hmm.. why is everybody slapping me on the back lately?

"Sorry, sorry... it's just that you, of all people, would ask for help? What's wrong with you?" I felt her forehead. Miyabi whacked it away.

"If I had even one fourth of your knowledge in computers I would've done it myself!" she said haughtily.

"Okay, okay. I'll help you. What's the problem anyway?"

"My uncle bought this motherboard and we really don't know how to set it up and stuff"she said thoughtfully.

And so we walked our way to her house. It was strange because she was very different from the Miyabi I've always known. She was actually fun to talk to and easy to get along with. Both of which are two traits that are far from what people think of her.

We arrived at her place.

It was really nice. Very neat and cozy. Well, a woman's room is always like that anyway. Miyabi changed into her casual clothes and led me to her computer.

We worked for three hours straight, Who would've thought that the model of the pc was this old?! I had to install a few programs and debug it first before I could really utilize it. I sat down and closed my eyes a bit.

"Hey, are you tired? We can continue this some other time if you want?" Miyabi offered.

I shook my head.

"No, your pc actually presents a challenge I'm willing to take. Haven't done this much work in a long time" I grinned.

That's when the doorbell rang.

I stood up and stopped Miyabi from going out the door.

"I'll get it. You can't welcome visitors wearing that" I pointed out and went out of her room.

I opened their front door and was shocked to see...

Urumi.

She only had her underwear on, her hair's a complete mess, she was obviously bruised and was crying uncontrollably.

"Ki—Kikuchi? Why are you here? Where's Miyabi?" She was shivering.

"Urumi chan?" I was too stunned to move.

"I.. I was... he... I couldn't..." Urumi stammered.

Suddenly, she collapsed and fell into my arms

Author's note: and yet to be continued... u